Live interaction. Getting to know their students. It will be a different experience. [ inaudible ] the first few weeks will be spent opening students and families, assessing skills, and virtual home visits to guide parents for distance learning. The district says it is trying to address the digital divide. They are trying to provide 25,000 computers to students in need. They have distributed about 13,000 so far. In oakland, kenny choi, kpix 5. As we mentioned, School Starts monday in oakland. They are the only bay area district mandating that teachers, educators teach from empty classrooms. San francisco unified begins classes on august 17th. A tentative agreement requires each educator to give two hours of live online instruction a day. And for details on your schools district learning plan, though to kpix. Com back to school. Today we finally got an explanation and an apology from the state Health Secretary for californias undercounting of coronavirus cases. We apologize. You deserve
Work and how communities respond will look different this year. Already california has seen more fires this year compared to last year. We have the challenges ahead, and there are a lot of them. Reporter cal fire responded to more than 600 fires just last week. Getting on them fast, keeping the acreage down is the goal. Because the pandemic complicates everything. I would not know where to go right now, if that happened again. Reporter frederick lost his home when the tubs fire roared into santa rosa. He evacuated with his grandchildren that night to a packed evacuation center. We sat down and it got crowded and more crowded as we sat. There were a lot of people there. We only stayed about four or five hours. Reporter a scenario that wont work now. It may be that we dont put you in a congregant shelter situation. We may be putting you into hotels. Reporter hotels, dorms, scattered locations, the priority will be social distance. Box mills instead of buffets at a Temperature Check upon
The trend is going in the wrong direction and mayor breed Just Announced a new reopening plan. Well get into that. But first lets say zoo goers may be excited but not if youre eager for a hair cut. Lets begin with welcoming mayor breed and listen to her personal brush with coronavirus exposure and the lessons she learned from it. Good afternoon, mayor. Hello. Hello. Really, really glad you tested negative on behalf of my colleagues here at abc7 news. How are you feeling today. I feel fine. Im glad i tested negative, too. But we also have to do a test later for those who were out in the area when this occurred because it does take some time for the symptoms or to be realized. And so that is the first, were over the first hurdle and next week ill be tested again and hopefully that will come back negative, too. Okay. Just frustrating to experience this. Sure. For now you could smell your Morning Coffee okay, just want to make sure. Yes. I could smell and i could feel and im excited and im
School year should not bring a return to the classroom. The experience i had with my daughter, she did not do good with distancelearning provides funded okay, but my daughter needs to be in the classroom with the teachers. But if its not safe. So many questions for parents, teachers and students. How should these decisions be made . Piece by piece, district by district, we are going to fail. We are providing the flexibility based upon local conditions. The governor is sticking with his mantra of local control and that means the local district is trying to figure this all out right now. I think it is pretty obvious thheir ol winot lo the same when itts backinto session. Marcus walton is with west contra costa unified, he says one central element of their planning is being ready to ditch plan a. The Health Experts are telling us there will be a second wave and we have to expect that if the second wave, when and if the second wave hits that everyone will be again doing remote learning. Th
Mounting questions, about his ongoing scandals, and the questions and distractions that were resulting from those scanda scandals. Those scandals involve his failures to disclose gifts and his girlfriend. The da said his staff and his family should not have to deal with the embarrassment of his failures. Heres a little bit more of what he said today. I have made regrettable mistakes in my personal life and personal Financial Life that cast an unnecessary shadow over the District Attorneys office. Reporter and the District Attorney has refused to schedule an on camera interview with the nbc 10 investigators to talk about some of these ongoing scandals. On wednesday we asked him some questions at a press conference, including whether or not he had the moral authority to continue to do his job. His answer very simply then was yes. We do not know what has changed. He did not take any questions just an hour ago. Again, da williams will not seek reelection. Nbc 10 news. Switching gears now.